It has been twelve years since I penned the following ode to the joys of the holiday season.  At the time, the first of the horrific school shootings (by a 14-year old) had just settled into our collective consciousness, we were only beginning to recover from the sudden death of Princess Diana, and we […]

“Meet the new boss; same as the old boss.” -The Who (“Won’t Get Fooled Again”)             President Obama displayed appropriate humility in accepting his Nobel Peace Prize last week, acknowledging that he had done comparatively little to deserve the honor when matched up against past recipients like Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and […]

            With December now well underway, the advent season, which will run to the 25th day of the month, is in full swing.  For those who may have forgotten (or perhaps never knew), the month of December is marked by two events of particular importance.  The first is the official start of winter (on or […]

          A reader sent me a photo last week that he had come across on the Internet.  The photo shows a man at a group gathering (probably one of those tea-bagger events) carrying a sign.  The sign states in simple, unadorned, albeit not exactly correct English a pretty clear message.  It read as follows: MEDICARE […]